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January 2008
   
 
31 January
  5th SRT DX Convention
      Forthcoming GPS jamming exercises
      Dayton Contest Dinner
      Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally
      Radio Amateurs break 241 GHz distance record
      Some 2.3 GHz wireless camera PMSE could use 7.5 GHz
      50th anniversary of Explorer I launch
       
 
30 January
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Some digital TV set top boxes may no longer work
      EME with 20 Watts
      Ham Radio Callsign Lookup
      Tony's 10-metre band report
       
 
29 January
  Asteroid Flyby
      Operating Practice on FM Satellites
      Honour for Colossus code-cracker Joachim Schueth DL2KCD
      Data-Over-Mains: Netgear recalls 82,000 powerline Ethernet adaptors
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Crews to return February 4 for launch
       
 
28 January
  Ham makes EME contact with just 25 watts
      Mitt Romney and Ham Radio
      D-Star frequencies for Perth VK6RWN
      Reconnaissance satellite could fall to Earth
      KN4LF Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Propagation Forecast
      China may broadcast first spacewalk live
      SolderSmoke #75
      AMSAT at Orlando Hamcation
      Interference on 902-928MHz
      UK mast owner plans to cut radio transmission costs
      History This Week
       
 
27 January
  Receiving Amateur Radio Cubesat CO-55 on simple equipment
      Beacon competition ends on Thursday
      Amateur radio forum welcomes new members!
      New V/US mode operational on AO-51
      OSCAR-11 Report 26 January 2008
      AMSAT President testifies regarding antenna restrictions
      The Weekend DX Story - The Old Timer's Birthday
       
 
26 January
  Winnipeg Radio Amateur prevails over City
      Propagation de K7RA
      Radio ham's death 'fixing mast'
      Bengal Amateur Radio Society at Subhas Mela 2008
      STS-120 crew meet Italian students
      Southgate's own Oscar nomination
       
 
25 January
  Post nuclear broadcasting: BBC Radio 10
      AO-16 Spans the Atlantic
      Oscar-11 nearly 24 years old and still going strong
      DX News from the ARRL
      Follow the launch of ESA’s Columbus space laboratory live at ESA and DLR
      Worldwide information on licensing for Radio Amateurs
       
 
24 January
  Foundation 80 Metre Net
      New release of FDMDV Digital Voice
      Amateur Radio Satellite AO-16 reconfigured
      Ofcom advertises new local digital radio multiplex licence for Somerset
      UK homes to get super-fast broadband
       
 
23 January
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Migrants saved by Italian Radio Ham
      ARISS request for additional ground stations
      New D-STAR Chat available
      Belgian Radio Amateurs may soon get 500 kHz band
      Keyboard Modes for the 500 kHz band
       
 
22 January
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  IOTA news from OPDX
      YouTube - How To Use a Ham Radio
      Video of AO-51 launch
      1st Congress of Zhejiang Hams, China, 2007
      7 MHz Moonbounce videos
      Jochen Berns, DL1YBL, appointed as new VUS-Manager
      ARRL Board meeting in Houston, Texas
      History This Week
       
 
21 January
  Soldersmoke 74
      Anger as RTE to switch off medium wave band
      Kerry Amateur Radio Group QSO Party
      History : CBS on the Air Shortwave from Philadelphia
      Amateur Radio use of STANAG 5066
      2006 editions of Microwave Newsletter now available
      Manchester 2 metre FM repeater converts to D-STAR
      GB100BOS 'Birthplace of Scouting'
       
 
20 January
  AO-51 Recovered
      Opportunity to help with AMSAT's EaglePedia
      New Amateur Radio auction website
      Portuguese D-Star repeater now fully operational
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
18 January
  Lunar echo experiment looking for Amateur Radio participants
      New D-STAR repeater in Serra dos Candeeiros, Portugal
      DX News from the ARRL
      A week of Lectures and Workshops on Codes, Ciphers and Spying
      France eyes electronics tax to finance public broadcasting - report
      Bruce Steinberg N6LZ: Memorialized
      Motorola completes tender offer for Yaesu's parent company
       
 
17 January
  30 Meter VK/ZL/Pacific Digital Weekend
      SOHO: the new solar cycle starts with a ‘bang’
      Mischievous 'Filipino Monkey' could have triggered latest US-Iran row
      State Funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary -International Live Coverage
      Texas DX Society's HKØ San Andres Island DXpedition
      New Maritimes Section Manager
      TX5C Clipperton Island DXpedition
      Hiram Percy Maxim II passes away at 72
      Detailed close-up of Mercury's previously unseen surface
       
 
16 January
  The Value of Radio Spectrum
      Walter Cronkite KB2GSD narrates Guglielmo Marconi documentary
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Vintage Radio Books available on the web
      Willis Island DXpedition
      C-Band receiver for P3E completed
      BBC Radio 1010 now on the air in Salt Lake City
       
 
15 January
  Sending an ALE SMS text message
      1939 'Radio Hams' movie
      Dxpedition team secure Rwanda ham radio licence
      2008 Ducie Island Expedition: VP6DX
      New Wiki page for Amateur Radio HSMM
      Los Angles Times - In Iraq Amateur Radio's Voice is Muted
      New Radiocommunications Documents Database
      Six Amateur Radio satellites to launch in March
      Tony's 10-metre band report
       
 
14 January
  IOTA news from OPDX
      K7AGE posts new wireless headset video
      10 MHz Amateur Radio Balloon Flight SNOX III
      'Making Waves' movie trailer
      Amateur Radio 'Advanced' classes in the Midlands
      AMSAT Engineering Team Meets
      RAC needs input from Canadian DXers
      Echolink - AMSAT-NA President to talk on Florida net
      History This Week
       
 
13 January
  7 MHz Moonbounce 
      Bloemfontein beacon back on the air 
      Morse Code tests continue to linger 
      The PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest 
      Centre Victoria RadioFest 
      YouTube - The Secret History of Silicon Valley 
      BT to offer 100 Mbit/s residential broadband 
      21st Winter SWL Festival 7-8 March 2008 
      Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally 
       
 
12 January
  Radio ham claims record-breaking QSO score
      Johnston calls dropping morse 'snake oil'
      Information on FJ/OH2AM
      NASA targets February 7 for launch
      Now it’s mines on the air
     

Propagation de K7RA

      NASA updates International Space Station crew assignments
      55 New Jersey Scouts earn merit badge
      The Weekend DX Story - Top Band DXing
       
 
11 January
  Bouvet Island
      NASA spacecraft to make historic fly-by of Mercury
      DX News from the ARRL
      Vintage radios on display at Toronto Airport
      Ofcom publish Radio Amateur response to 24 GHz radar 
       
 
10 January
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  Amateur Radio HF ALE Sounding
      EA PSK31 Contest 2008
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Aircraft hacking fears
      Radio hams in Estonia gain 70 MHz band
       
 
09 January
  2008 Orlando HamCation
      Military HF-ALE publication on the web
      New strongman at No 10
      5th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference
      II3NIK Special Event Station Nike Hercules Memorial Year
      Oregon Governor allocates $250,000 for Digital Communications Network
      St Barthelemy - DXCC's newest Entity
      Major internet radio station switches off UK
       
 
08 January
  Long Delayed Echoes Podcast #48
      Bromley 23cm Repeater GB3BK operational
      50-MHz band in Germany now free for all Class A-licencees
      The Windbelt
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st December 2007
       
 
07 January
  Kerry Amateur Radio Group January QSO Party
      Worcester gets a new 70cm wide spaced repeater
      WRC-07 and 5 MHz
      Ham operator fined for abuse
      80 metres Counties Contest
      AO-51 entering eclipse-free period
      Old QSL collection
      Ducie Island DXpedition
      Amateur Radio CubeSat launch postponed until February
      Video - Making a Triode
      History This Week
       
 
06 January
  Ofcom official receives OBE
      30-metre Digital Weekend
      Isla del Coco (TI9) on EME
      Saying goodbye to the troops is not our final mission
      New UK Callbook in the pipeline?
      Become an Intruder Watch Observer
      Amateur Radio at the Sled Dog Marathon
       
 
05 January
  Space shuttle work-out sensor system plan
      Solar Cycle 24 has arrived!
      Propagation de K7RA
      Cheap Chinese amateur radio handhelds
      Wildfire relief efforts detailed in CQ Magazine
      The Weekend DX Story - The Meaning of DX IS! (Maybe)
       
 
04 January
  ARRL Amateur Radio Online Training Courses
      New Amateur Radio EmComm software now available
      Cheap UHF Handhelds
      DX News from the ARRL
      Radio ham to quit St Helena Island
      Suriname DXpedition
      The 2008 New Year's IRLP QSO Party
      Trinidad and Tobago plans BPL service
      Tony's 10-metre band report
       
 
03 January
  6000 Users of ALE Channel ZERO in 2007
      SolderSmoke #73 - Special New Year's Edition
      NYC theater group uses shortwave radio as inspiration for comedy show
      10 MHz Amateur Radio balloon flight SNOX II
      Software Defined Radio Talk
      Myanmar orders massive hike in satellite TV fees
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Freckles, a Sunspot Info Gadget for Microsoft Vista
      Quadrantid Meteor Shower
       
 
02 January
  SA Amsat Space Symposium 2008 to be held in Durban
      Guinea Bissau DXpedition
      Coolmine Rally
      Spotter, a DX Spotting sidebar gadget for Microsoft Vista
      Hamradiodeals
      The first Bath Buildathon
       
 
01 January
  Bouvet Island update
      New Year activity from newest DX Entity
      ZL8R DVD review
      VP6DX Ducie Island 2008 DXpedition

 
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